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Jeremiah 20:9

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 20:9

Verse 9 of 18

Scripture focus

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But [his word] was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not [stay].

Jeremiah 20:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 20:9

Theological / Devotional

I will not make mention. His sense of frustration and failure led the prophet to feel that his only recourse was to refrain from carrying out his commission as God’s spokesman.

His word. Literally, “it,” or “he.” The antecedent must be supplied from the context. Some suggest that the reference is to the imperative demand of God that Jeremiah be His mouthpiece, which demand he could not escape; others that the subject is the fire itself, “there is in my heart as it were a burning fire” (RSV).

I could not stay. Better, “I could not stand it.”

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